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Henry Widdowson

Henry Widdowson

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
37
Citations
16029
World Ranking
6049
National Ranking
24

Overview

Henry Widdowson is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria. Their research primarily spans the fields of Arts and Humanities, with a notable focus on Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory, and Linguistics and Language.

Their work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Second Language Learning and Teaching
  • EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
  • Multilingual Education and Policy
  • Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies

Widdowson has contributed to a range of academic journals and venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • ELT Journal
  • Language Teaching
  • TUbilio (Technical University of Darmstadt)
  • Pedagogical Linguistics
  • Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language--TESL-EJ

Some notable recent papers authored by Widdowson are:

  • "Linguistics, language teaching objectives and the language learning process" (2020), published in Pedagogical Linguistics
  • "English beyond the pale: the language of outsiders" (2021), published in ELT Journal
  • "Plural Englishes and English as Language Resource" (2022), published in Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language--TESL-EJ
  • "Webinar on the subject of English and applied linguistics" (2022), published in Language Teaching

They have also collaborated frequently with co-authors such as Barbara Seidlhofer and Seyed Yasin Yazdi-Amirkhiz.

Best Publications

  • Teaching language as communication

    H. G. Widdowson

  • The Ownership of English

    H. G. Widdowson

  • Aspects of Language Teaching

    H. G. Widdowson

  • Explorations in Applied Linguistics

    H. G. Widdowson

  • Learning purpose and language use

    H. G. Widdowson

  • Defining Issues in English Language Teaching

    H. G. Widdowson

  • English in the world : teaching and learning the language and literatures

    H. G. Widdowson;Yolande Cantú;Randolph Quirk

  • Discourse analysis: a critical view:

    H.G. Widdowson

  • Stylistics and the teaching of literature

    H.G. Widdowson

  • On the limitations of linguistics applied

    HG Widdowson

  • Text, Context, Pretext

    H. G. Widdowson

  • Context, Community, and Authentic Language*

    H. G. Widdowson;H. G. Widdowson

  • Text, Context, Pretext : Critical Issues in Discourse Analysis

    H. G. Widdowson

  • Principle and Practice in Applied Linguistics: Studies in Honour of H. G. Widdowson

    Guy Cook;Barbara Seidlhofer;H. G. Widdowson

  • Knowledge of Language and Ability for Use

    H. G. Widdowson

  • REVIEW ARTICLE The Theory and Practice of Critical Discourse Analysis

    H. G. Widdowson

  • EIL, ESL, EFL: Global Issues and Local Interests.

    Henry G.` Widdowson

  • TEACHING THE COMMUNICATIVE USE OF ENGLISH

    J. P. B. Allen;H. G. Widdowson

  • Teaching Language as Communication

    Robert B. Kaplan;H. G. Widdowson

  • Reply to Fairclough: Discourse and interpretation: conjectures and refutations

    H.G. Widdowson

  • The Teaching of English as Communication

    H. G. Widdowson

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